Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-19
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provisions.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April lS.-Flour quiet and
unchanged. VIII at lower; the good rains that
fell throughout the winter wheat section re
moved all feaTs of damage by 6rnuth and
brought out such pressure to sell that the mar
ket collapsed, and at one time was completely
demOraliZed finally selling at "a 0ls4C dec Inc;
it subsequently, rallied pme, but was unsettled
and closed tame at 2IGI14c below Saturday.
No. 2 red, cash 10000; May 1873 a sec, CT sing
closing at 7S%c. Con weaker, selling "a &C
lower, il sympathy with wheat, but
demand equal to Offering, cash 35c; May 342I
d3)c; closing at 34I G35C July 315sC BIZ.
oats dull snd lower; cash 2s3s "a. SIC; May 28c;
June offered at 1880, bid 273c; July SIC, BID
255sc Corn meal steady at s. %. Whisky
steady at 81 Is. Provisions dull and only small
job trade done. Pork, new mess, SIS co; OLD
SIS CO. Lard nOminally at re DRY salt meats
Shoulders at So 90; long clear s. 90; clear
RIBS SIS %; short clear S. 80 BacOn-ShOulders
Sc 471a6 at 50; long clear S. so; short ribs IS S0G
571a short clear So 9509 20. Hams 5 4 5OG
IA 90. Afternoon bOard-Wheat "a &c lower.
Corn dull but steady. Oats quiet and IN
changed.
CHICAGO, ILL. April IS There was a very
active trace in wheat to Gay accompanied by
sharp decline in prices. Offerings were large,
and came osUensibly from the ball clique The
feeling very unc> rtaiu and nervous. Reports
of rain storms throughout the winter wheat
b 1t created easy feeling, but the ma ket
appeared to hinge very largely u, on 1he course
of May wheat were made at 4aS+Ac,
and the market ruled steady for half an
followed under very large offerings,
and which served to cause semi
panic among small holders, who had Ueen pur
chasing in expectation of a MAY "squeeze''
The moderate buying caused reaction to 63}sc,
followed by another sharp decline 10 50 sc, rue
Ceeded by anO her rally t. $3.50, to be agaiH
succeeded by drop to e2%0821sc, where the
market rested for the day. The decrease scf
1904 600 bushels in the visible supply was some
what larger than had been expe, ted, and had
sustaining influence on sales 70 short time.
p1Ioa lnrcr
gregating $4,000 bushels, while the receipts
at twelve points were $4,000 bushels.
The visible supply of corn showed slight de
crease, and the receipts here were Light, but
the market was easier and in sympathy with
wheat. The price of May dropped t. $3.50
$3.50, decline of &C from saturdays closing
figures, ana closed for the day as 3824c. Pork
nomipaIly unchanged Lard shade easier and
closed &c lower. Short ribs closed l0c lower
LEADING futures closed as follows: Wheat No
2, April 8lE98I%o; MAY May 82A9@S2S1; June
July 4l1lc Mess pork-Apri $50 60; May $50 70;
June so Is Lar d "A s. 25i May s. 80;
pounds-April S. 10; May SIS 10; June S. %;
July IS 35. Calh quotations-flour dull and I'M
changed. No. spring wheat 8lHG8l2sc; No.
$50 80. Lard ST %. Short ribs sides, loose,
S. 10. Dry sailed shoulders, boxed, Sc 1906 %.
Short clear sides, boxed, S. 55G8 SO.
NEw YORK, April l8.-Flour-S. eady and I'M
changed w neaI-opot q O1sC anu OptiOhs ga
sc lower, CloAlng ste dy with slight reaction.
Spot No red 922 693c at elevator. 94c deliv-
ered April nominal at 921lc; May 9075G923ac.
closing at 921zc; June 9I2< a921+c, closing at
921Ic; July 81 l609I2sc, closed 9lAc. Corn
Spot lots a trIle and options I:03sc lower,
closing heavy; u graded spot No. 1850 at
elevator; No. May 4915049}sc, clos
ing at 49,; June 49, 049Hc, closing
4sXc; July 494: G49a!C, closing 1890. Coffee
Spot fair; Rio weak st SIS IS; Opt ms lover and
fairly active; sales $1,000 ba 5; april Sl3 go;
May $l8 9Cdl4 05; June SI4 l0al4 Is; July
$l4 l59 "A 30; August $l4 SOGl4 30; September
$l4 so; December Sl4 5OG IA so; January S14 80
ola 55. Sugar firm and quiet; refined quiet and
steady. MOasses quiet. Rice STEADY. PORK
firm and quiet. Cut meats steady and quiet
Lard Is a tri1e lower, and very dull; spot
81 6567 IS; May 81 IS; October 81 95Go 90; juno
81 70; July 81 50; August 81 81.